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There was a big increase in the price of Afghan opium last year compared to 2010, the UN says, with farmers earning the equivalent of 9% of GDP. Continue reading »

Chancellor George Osborne says Scotland would be ‘less prosperous’ if it chose to leave the UK. Continue reading »

Gurkhas will bear the brunt of 5,000 armed forces job losses when they are unveiled next week, Whitehall sources tell the BBC. Continue reading »

At least two of four US Marines shown in a video appearing to urinate on Taliban corpses have been identified, a Marine Corps official has told the BBC. Continue reading »

A US military officer recommends a court martial for Bradley Manning, suspected of leaking classified documents to anti-secrecy website Wikileaks. Continue reading »

The Metropolitan Police commissioner orders a radical overhaul of stop and search policing in London. Continue reading »

Two drug dealers were shot dead and their bodies burned and buried in a van on a remote Cornish farm, a court hears. Continue reading »

The appeal fund for the families of the four miners killed in the Gleision colliery tragedy in the Swansea Valley now stands at £970,000. Continue reading »

A man found dead in a bungalow is identified as a professor from Oxford University, while police arrest a suspect on suspicion of murder. Continue reading »

The nominations for the 2012 Brit Awards have been revealed, and leading the field is Ed Sheeran in four categories. Continue reading »